Beginning Investors

Silver Stock Report

by Jason Hommel, September 3, 2007

Beginning Investors,

I get a lot of emails from investors new to the precious metals sector, and also, new to investing in general.  The questions vary, of course. Some people wonder whether we (as Christians) should even invest at all (maybe because Jesus had no money).  Others want to know how to start saving.  If you save, what do you save?  Paper money in banks, or physical silver?   And if silver, where do you get it, and put it?  I answer these questions, and more, in a few articles below. 

Here's how to get started investing -- which is being a wise steward. Please read these in order, for best results.

18 Biblical Guidelines on how to Manage Money (and your time).
http://www.bibleprophesy.org/goldismoney/biblemoney.html

Coin Shops
A Brief Guide to Buying Silver:
What kind of silver, and where to get it.
You can start buying silver with as little as a single dollar, for a single silver dime.  And you should start investing in silver first, before any other investment, before stocks.  Silver is money, liquid money, money you can use, in case of emergency you can sell it at a coin shop anywhere, at any time. 
http://find-your-local-coin-shop.com/

Stock Brokers
You need a stock broker to buy stock.  Generally speaking, you need at least $2000 to open up a brokerage account.  Even if you find a discount broker with $10 trades, that's still a 1% fee to buy a stock, and another 1% fee to sell on a $1000 trade.  So, I think the minimum purchase for a single stock should be about a $2000 trade, otherwise you get ripped off.  Therefore, don't start trading stocks until you have about $5000 to $10,000 to risk.
Need a Broker that can buy Canadian stocks and/or pink sheets?
http://silverstockreport.com/brokers.html

How I Pick Stocks
Don't just buy "penny stocks", buy low market cap stocks, with a lot of value!
http://silverstockreport.com/2007/How_I_Pick_Stocks.html

How to Trade the Pink Sheets
How to Trade Canadian Stocks in the U.S. using the pink sheets.
(This is not about which stocks to buy, just "how to trade" them!)
http://silverstockreport.com/2008/pinksheets.html

Smaller Things Grow Faster
(Smaller Capitalized investors have the greatest advantage of all)
http://www.silverstockreport.com/email/growth.html

Biblical Capitalism
My Book of Best Articles:
http://silverstockreport.com/book.html

Dictionary of words used by investors:  such as "bid", "ask", "spread", "premium", "contango", "backwardation", and more!
http://investorwords.com 

More resources for Investors
http://silverstockreport.com/links.htm